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" God loves from whole to parts : but human soul Must rise from individual to the whole. Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake, As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake ; The centre mov'd, a circle straight succeeds, Another still, and still... "
The Works of the Honourable James Wilson, L. L. D.: Late One of the ... - Page 295
by James Wilson - 1804
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Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical ..., Volume 5

Joseph Addison - 1797 - 626 pages
...circle ftrait fucceeds, Another ftill, and Itill another fpreads ; Friend, parent, neighbour, firft it will embrace ; His country next, and next all human...th' o'erflowings of the mind Take ev'ry creature, and in ev'ry kind ; Earth fmiles around, with boundlefs bounty blefs'd, And Heav'n behold its image...
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Comments on the Plays of Beaumont and Fletcher: With an Appendix, Containing ...

John Monck Mason - 1798 - 494 pages
...whole. Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake, As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake. The centre mov'd, a circle straight succeeds, Another...Wide, and more wide, th' o'erflowings of the mind Take every creature in, of every kind ; Earth smiles around, with boundless beauty blest, And Heaven beholds...
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Comments on the Plays of Beaumont and Fletcher, with an Appendix ..., Volume 2

John Monck Mason - 1798 - 496 pages
...whole. Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake, As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake. The centre mov'd, a circle straight succeeds, Another...Wide, and more wide, th' o'erflowings of the mind Take every creature in, of every kind; Earth smiles around, with boundless beauty blest, And Heaven beholds...
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An essay on man. Cornish ed

Alexander Pope - 1798 - 140 pages
...but serves the virtuous mind to wake, As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake, The center rnov'd, a circle straight succeeds, Another still, and still...and next all human race ; Wide and more wide, th' o'erflo wings of the mind Take ev'ry creature in, of ev'ry kind ; Earth smiles around, with boundless...
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Night Thoughts

Edward Young - 1798 - 432 pages
...Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake, •As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake ; , The centre mov'd, a circle straight succeeds, * Another still, and still another spreads: ' Krientl, parent, neighbour, first it will embrace, ' His country next; and next all human race.'...
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Essays on Various Subjects: in which Some Characters of the Present Age are ...

Mary De La Garde, Sarah Guppy - 1800 - 112 pages
...circle ftraight fucceeds, ; Another full, and ftill another fpreads ; Friend, parent, neighbour, firft it will embrace ; His country next, and next all human race : Wide and more wide, th' o'erflowing of the mind Take every creature in, of ev'ry kind ; Earth failles around, with boundlefs...
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The whole poetical works of Alexander Pope, Esq., including his translations ...

Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 496 pages
...Parts: but human foul 310 Friend, paient, reigl.-our, fi-ll it will embrace ; His country next; ar.d next all human race ; Wide and more wide, th' o'erflowings of the mind Take every creatiw in, of every kind ; 37* 3'5 Muft rife from Individual to the Whole, ielf-love hut ferves...
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A Satirical View of London at the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century

John Corry - 1801 - 270 pages
...circle ftraight fucceeds^ Another ftill, and ftill another fpreads ; Friends, parents, kindred, firft it will embrace; His country next; and next, all human race : Wide, and more wide, the o'erflowings of the mind Takes ev'ry creature in. of ev'ry kind ; Earth fmiles around with boundlefs...
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The Meditations of a Recluse: Chiefly on Religious Subjects

John Brewster - 1802 - 330 pages
...of the poet, •*' As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake i " The centre mov'da circle strait succeeds, " Another still, and still another spreads...will embrace, " His country next, and next all human raoe." Whether Mr. Pope's philosophy, which makes self-love the centre of universal philanthropy be...
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An Antidote Against Deism: In a Series of Letters ... in which the Arguments ...

Niel Douglas - 1802 - 302 pages
...individuals to the whole : Frjend, parent, neighbour, firft it will embrace, His country next, and ne« all human race. Wide, and more wide, th' o'erflowings of the mind Take every creature in of ev'ry kind ; Earth fmiles around, with boundlefs bounty bleib And Heaven beholds...
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